To a wide range of academic, commercial, and governmental clients, Shana Rae is a trusted friend that needs no introduction.  Since 1986, when Jim finished the vessel's last season as a salmon tender on Prince William Sound, the Shana Rae has supported a sweeping variety of projects across the spectrum of coastal marine research.  These efforts have ranged from coring, ROV and dive operations, towed and anchored arrays, benthic and sub-bottom studies, to film work, live critter tagging and tracking, pipeline inspections, and weather balloon launches.  Spend a few moments reviewing the Shana Rae Operations page, and Shana Rae Photo Tour, for a better grasp of this grand work boat's exciting past.....and welcome aboard!

• Full shower, galley, freezers, and berthing for seven, total.
• Modern navigational electronics, including aircraft VHF, Weatherfax, 48-mile radar, and differential GPS plotter.
• Quartz deck lights aft and powerful sodium floods forward.
• Mini drylab with clean AC.
• 4-way anchor spread capability.

On Deck (340 square feet)

• Stern U-frame: 10'wide, 12'high, 5000-lb. capacity.
• Primary trawl / CTD winch, with 4000 meters 0.322" torque-balanced, galvanized UNOLS 3-conductor CTD wire.
• Starboard waist hydraulic boom, 1200-lb. capacity.
• 3 overhead deck booms with 3000-lb hoisting winches on each; full deck coverage.
• Hydraulic capacity: 1750 psi operable between 15 and 75 gallons per minute.
• Hydrographic winch with 1000 meters of 3/16" stainless steel hydrowire.
• Secondary winch with 150 meters of 1/4" stainless steel hydrowire.
• Foredeck anchor winch with 330-fathom capability.
• 40 gallon-per-minute washdown/firehose.
• Dive ladder suitable for heavy gear.

 On the Drawing Board

• Diving compressor, tank racks.
• 60-square-foot wet lab at vessel's center of motion.